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Tourist attractions

Incahuasi Archaeological Complex

Incahuasi, whose translation into Spanish is "Casa del Inca", is the most important and strategic city built by the Incas in the Lunahuaná Valley, located in the annex of Paullo, at Km 30 of the road to Yauyos.
The place was built to be the headquarters of the Inca Túpac Yupanqui and the material used was the stone. You can recognize three sectors or neighborhoods: the Inca District, the Religious District and the Inca Palace.
The chronicles and later archaeological investigations revealed that the Incas, by conquering this part of the coast, gave such a degree of importance to the area of ​​Lunahuaná that when building the City of Incahuasi they did it in the image and likeness of the Inca city of Cusco, according to order of the Inca Túpac Yupanqui.

Plaza de Armas of Lunahuana and Apostel Santiago church

The square of colonial structure, stands out for its simplicity. It highlights various busts of national heroes.
The construction of this main church dates from the seventeenth century and was completed in 1690, it presents a building built following the patterns of the Gothic style; and inside it stands the Main Retable of three bodies, in whose center the Image of the Apostle Santiago can be appreciated. On the Apostle Santiago, patron of the church and of Lunahuana, it is known that his cult was initiated in this area of Lima, approximately in the year 1534, when Diego de Agüero, encomendero of this area, introduced the cult to this Saint in favor of the evangelizing mission that came hand in hand with the conquest of the new world.

view point

It has a panoramic view of the city of Lunahuaná as well as a large part of the Cañete river valley. It is located in the upper part of the Plaza de Armas at the height of the National Police Delegation, 5 minutes. It can be reached by walking.

Catapalla Suspension Bridge

Built in the sixties with noble material and steel cables, this bridge had an earlier model made with handcrafted materials that was easily destroyed in one of the floods of the Cañete River. It is located in the annex of Catapalla, 15 minutes from Lunahuaná on the way to Yauyos.

Archaeological remains of Suero and Cantagallo

Located in the annex of Catapalla, 15 minutes from Lunahuaná on the way to Yauyos.

Viticultural Wineries

Lunahuaná has a winemaking tradition of great importance, making exquisite piscos with a great variety of grapes, several times awarded in National Contests.